The Seventh Street Bridge replacement project remains on schedule despite lost construction days because of bad weather.

An access road at the site along McMichael Creek was under water after Hurricane Irene blew through and the heavy rains of late August and early September made for lost days, but Pennsylvania Department of Transportation officials said the schedule to complete the $7.9 million bridge hasn't changed.

"They lost a few days, but the schedule held up," PennDOT District 5 spokesman Sean Brown said.

Work continues on demolishing the old bridge, which has been closed to traffic since June and is expected to re-open the new structure by November 2012.

Brown said that work will continue through the fall, with the span over McMichael Creek being taken down next.

Once that portion is demolished, PennDOT will move on to taking down the piece over Interstate 80. The bridge supports will be the last elements to come down.

The demolition work is expected to be done sometime this fall, Brown said.

While the demolition is going on, PennDOT expects no daytime lane closures of I-80. However, Brown said there will be lane shifts this week that will change the traffic and could cause bottlenecks. Lane restrictions will be in effect in both directions for line painting and median barrier work. Restrictions will be in effect from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Such lane shifts started Monday.

Brown said crews over the winter will start work on the substructure of the bridge.

Traffic remains detoured to Broad Street. It is now the only street with a bridge over I-80 directly connecting downtown Stroudsburg and south Stroudsburg.